Arnaud Simeon

Arnaud Simeon (16 September 1785-2 June 1870) was a Brigadier-General of the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars.

Biography
Born in Montauban to the north of Toulouse on 16 September 1785, Simeon became a soldier in the Old Guard grenadiers of the French army during the Third Coalition in 1805. Simeon fought in the Battle of Austerlitz under Emperor Napoleon I of France's command, and he later fought in the Fourth Coalition and Fifth Coalition campaigns of 1806 and 1809.

In 1814 Simeon was promoted to the rank of Colonel during the Sixth Coalition in the Defense of France and commanded a regiment of Old Guards. He led his regiment at the Battle of Bar-le-Duc on 29 January 1814, and led a brave attack that routed the Austrian army. Simeon was promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General on 29 March 1814, but Paris fell to Allied forces on 3 April 1814 and his command was fruitless. He was made the commander of National Guard troops in Montauban after the end of the Napoleonic Wars and died in 1870.